Villagization (sometimes spelled villagisation) is the (usually compulsory) resettlement of people into designated villages by government or military authorities. Villagization may be used as a tactic by a government or military power to facilitate control over a previously scattered rural population believed to harbour disloyal or rebel elements....
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(from the article `eastern Africa`) ...people for military service, forced labour on state farms, or resettlement elsewhere. To break down the isolation of the peasants and bring them ... ...agriculture in a number of government-sponsored planned settlements. These settlements were over-reliant on government finance and gradually ... ...
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